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I speak fluently with good grammar but it does not mean I don’t make mistakes sometimes or I sound natural, because In my language if i form grammatically correct sentences it’s automatically means I am speaking correctly but that not the case in English language, and I just realized that recently because when I talked to native speakers in my travel they do not correct me so I assumed my English is good but it turned out it’s not ! So when I started asking questions in italki I started to hear from teachers saying your sentences are grammatically correct but they are awkward and does not sound natural. So there is no rules to follow but to copy how native speakers talk, Luckily though I am Mystique and copying others is my forte !
24 avr. 2025 10:22
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I speak fluently with good grammar but it does not mean I don’t make mistakes sometimes or I sound natural, because In my language if i form grammatically correct sentences it’s automatically means I am speaking correctly but that not the case in English language, and I just realized that recently because when I talked to native speakers in my travel they do not correct me so I assumed my English is good but it turned out it’s not ! So when I started asking questions in italki I started to hear from teachers saying your sentences are grammatically correct but they are awkward and does not sound natural. So there is no rules to follow but to copy how native speakers talk, Luckily though I am Mystique and copying others is my forte ! The only way not to make mistakes is to do nothing! Say nothing, write nothing. Which is stupid. So it’s great you sometimes make mistakes because it means you’re doing something, you’re trying to improve, you’re writing here lots. Well done. You do so much very well imo. And the more you do, the better and more natural you will get. And never forget too we all communicate with each other here to….communicate! Not to boast, show off, prove we are smart etc. We communicate simply to communicate. And you always communicate successfully, we always understand you. That’s the main objective!
24 avr. 2025 10:37
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I speak fluently and with good grammar, but that doesn’t mean I always sound natural or never make mistakes. In my language, forming grammatically correct sentences automatically means you’re speaking correctly—but that’s not the case in English. I only realized this recently, because when I talked to native speakers during my travels, they didn’t correct me, so I assumed my English was fine. But it turns out it wasn’t! When I started asking questions on italki, teachers began telling me, “Your sentences are grammatically correct, but they sound awkward and unnatural.” That’s when I learned—there are no clear rules for this. You just have to copy how native speakers actually talk. Luckily, I’m Mystique… and copying others is my forte!
I can't speak for natives of English in other countries, but in the US, we don't even correct other native speakers who make mistakes unless we are in school or the ones making the mistakes are our children. In fact, if one native speakers corrects another native speaker, the other one will get very irritated. So I am not suprised if no one from the US told you that you didn't sound natural. However, if you were traveling in another country, then I'm not sure what to say. Some people just think it's rude to correct others, especially if they are adults. They feel uncomfortable. I know it isn't very helpful because I have experienced the same problem while learning languages. Not everyone wants to correct you. Sometimes they don't know how to explain the rules or they understand you and don't see a reason to say anything. I'm sorry that it's so frustrating. Don't give up. Just keep listening, reading, and practicing. It takes time.
25 avr. 2025 03:05
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The best you can do is just sit and absorb the type of language native speakers use, whether that's if real life or on tv for example. As someone who travels a lot i notice that a group of non-natives speakers speak English completely different to a group of natives, even if they are fluent - the language is almost diverging into two languages. When im abroad i have to speak a certain way to be understood and it's not how i talk to my native friends. Sometimes to sound more natural you actually have to make grammatical mistakes because native's talk in a way sometimes that's not in accordance with grammar books yet it sounds natural. Onee simple example would be in the north of England and Scotland the plural form of you (ie you all) is said 'yous'. So if you want to blend in, you have to break the rules sometimes!
25 avr. 2025 11:34
I speak fluently with good grammar but it does not mean I don’t make mistakes sometimes or I sound natural, because In my language if i form grammatically correct sentences it’s automatically means I am speaking correctly but that not the case in English language, and I just realized that recently because when I talked to native speakers in my travel they do not correct me so I assumed my English is good but it turned out it’s not ! So when I started asking questions in italki I started to hear from teachers saying your sentences are grammatically correct but they are awkward and does not sound natural. So there is no rules to follow but to copy how native speakers talk, Luckily though I am Mystique and copying others is my forte !
Listen for pauses, remember to put full stops and commas in those pauses. Your words and grammar are good, but it's difficult to know when reading it where your sentence stops and a new one begins.
24 avr. 2025 15:10
I speak fluently with good grammar but it does not mean I don’t make mistakes sometimes or I sound natural, because In my language if i form grammatically correct sentences it’s automatically means I am speaking correctly but that not the case in English language, and I just realized that recently because when I talked to native speakers in my travel they do not correct me so I assumed my English is good but it turned out it’s not ! So when I started asking questions in italki I started to hear from teachers saying your sentences are grammatically correct but they are awkward and does not sound natural. So there is no rules to follow but to copy how native speakers talk, Luckily though I am Mystique and copying others is my forte !
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25 avr. 2025 09:26
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